Searsia discolor (e.Mey. ex Sond.) Moffett

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Searsia

Characteristics

Virgate to branched suffrutex, up to 1 m high. Branches lanuginate to pubescent, rarely glabrous, shallowly ribbed. Leaves trifoliolate, hairy, petiolate; petiole semiterete, flattened above, (2-)11(-25) mm long; leaflets sessile, subcoriaceous, discolorous, greyish green and thinly sericeous to strigose above, greyish white to cream or occasionally pale greyish green, and lanate, lumbricate below, hypostomatous; lamina broadly linear, oblanceolate, narrowly elliptic or obovate, base cuneate, apex subacute to obtuse, rarely rounded, mucronulate; margin entire, revolute, rarely grossly dentate; venation simple to semicraspedodromous, midrib and secondaries prominent below, slightly prominent above, tertiaries impressed, reticulate above; terminal leaflets (18-)82(-131) x (4-)18(-35) mm, lateral leaflets (11-)63(-103) x (2-)12(-22) mm. Panicles much branched, pubescent, axillary and terminal, usually crowded towards branch ends, males up to 140 mm long, often glomerulate, exposed. Flowers normal, with pedicel and calyx pubescent, styles persistent. Drupe circular to oblate, globoid, glabrous, shiny, dull yellowish brown, 3.6 x 3.0-5.0 x 4.2 mm.
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Branches and petioles tomentose and hirsute; leaves petiolate, leaflets sessile, lanceolate, mucronate, quite entire, adpressed-pubescent, or sub-glabrous above, softly reddish-tomentose below, flat or with revolute margins, the terminal tapering at base; panicles hirsute, the axillary shorter than the leaves, the terminal longer, many-flowered; drupe globose, glabrous, shining. Very near the preceding, but differs by the soft, reddish tomentum, the sessile leaflets, shorter racemes and drupe. Petioles 3-6 lines long. Leaves about 3 inches long, 6-8 lines wide, acute or obtuse, mucronate, the lateral ones unequal at base. Drupe yellowish brown, the size of a small pea.
Shrub or dwarf shrub, 0.2-1.0 m high; virgate to branched suffrutex; branches pubescent, shallowly ribbed. Leaves petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets sessile, subcoriaceous, greyish green, sericeous to strigose above, greyish white to cream-coloured below, broadly linear, oblanceolate, narrowly elliptic or obovate, margins entire, revolute. Inflorescence much-branched panicles, pubescent, axillary and terminal, crowded towards branch ends; males up to 140 mm long, exposed. Flowers: pedicle and calyx pubescent; styles persistent. Flowering time Nov.-Mar. Fruit a drupe, circular to oblate, glabrous, shiny, dull yellowish brown.
A shrub. It has erect, tufted, unbranched shoots. It grows up to 50 cm high. These arise from a woody base. The leaves are erect and the leaf stalks are 5 mm long. The leaflets are oblong and blunt but with a small point. They are 8 cm long by 1.7 cm wide. The veins are prominent underneath. The flowering stalks are at the ends and along the sides. They are hairy.
Suffrutex, up to 1 m high. Leaflets sessile; whitish tomentose below; blade broadly linear, oblanceolate, narrowly elliptic or obovate, margins entire, revolute; terminal leaflet (18-)82 (-131) x (4-)18(-35) mm. Flowers: corolla pale yellow to green; Sep.-Feb. Fruit a globose, glabrous drupe.
Suffrutex, up to 1 m high. Leaflets whitish tomentose below; lamina broadly linear, oblanceolate, narrowly elliptic or obovate; terminal leaflet (18-)82(-131) x (4-)18(-35) mm. Flowers pale yellow to green.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in the highveld in Swaziland.
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Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Fruit (unspecified)
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Images

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Distribution

Searsia discolor world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088435-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510227
COL ID 4W73G
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Synonyms

Rhus villosissima Toxicodendron grandifolium Searsia discolor Rhus grandifolia Toxicodendron discolor Toxicodendron villosissimum Rhus discolor Rhus discolor f. grandifolia Rhus discolor f. latifolia Rhus discolor f. villosissima Rhus discolor var. villosissima